Hand-painted (written) icon in iconographic studio by iconographer M.A. Krystyna Kuś-Kilichowska graduate from Nicolaus Copernicus University, Art Conservation and Restoration Faculty.

Icon painted (written) using old traditional techniques:

• gilded with golden leaves 23.75 karat
• painted on gesso a number of substrates made from a traditional mix of an animal glue binder and chalk
• painted in egg tempera technique
• traditionally painted on a lime wood
• provided with tapered and dove-tailed battens inserted into the back
• covered with amber shellac and varnish

Christmas Icon

Three Kings

- Three Wise Men, The Magi

The depiction is a part of a larger painting - "Cavalcata dei Magi" located in Palazzo Medici Chapel in Florence.
"Cavalcata dei Magi" is the best-known masterpiece of Gentile da Fabriano created in 1459 - 1462.